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J. P. BEATTYE MAG HINE FOR PRESSING HATS.

N0. 286,576. Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

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' AND SAMUEL BEATTY, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR PRESSlNG HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming To all whom it Ill/(Ly concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. BEATTY, of Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and use- 111 Improvement in Machines for Pressing Hats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of myinvention is to provide for the better adjustment and more convenient appl'c ition of pressure to the brim and crown of the hat.

The hat-pressing machine in. any of its usual forms may be used; and my invention consists in providing the hat-block on which the hat rests, and which is formed in two parts namely, a brim-block and a crown-block with means to increase the pressure on the crown-block independently of thebrim-block.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the hatblock. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the hat-block.

An ordinary form of pressing-machine is shown in Fig. 1, which may be described as follows: The frame f is, formed with a mortise on the inside, on which the block-carrier f may slide freely up and down. A system of toggles, t, with a togglelever, Z, is provided to raise and lower the blockcarrier f, On the block-carrier f is placed the hatblock a b. Supported from the top of the frame is the female die d.

The usual operation of the machine is to lower the carrier-block f, by raising the toggle-lever Z, and place the hat upon the hatblock a b. Pressing the lever Z down, the hat is brought into contact with the female died.

By means of the long lever Z, which turns a shaft on which is an eccentric fitted in the lower toggle-joint, t, further pressure may be applied to the hat-block a b to any desired extent.

In my improved machine I construct the hat-block a b, Fig. 2, formed of two parts, a,

the crown-block,and b,the brim-block, insuch manner that a further pressure may be applied to the crown-block a to any desired extent. The crown-block a is made in sections,

the lower and outer edges of which are formed in flanges which move to and fro inthe spacebethe hat.

part of Letters Patent No. 286,576, dated October 16, 1883. Application filed August 9. 1883. (N0 model.)

tween the upper and lower plates,c and b,of the -brim-block. The sections of the crown block where they meet in the center are grooved, so that a conical space is left with its base at the bottom for the entrance of a conical piston, 10, attached to the end of the toggle t, Fig. 1.

By means of the system of toggles t and the toggle-lever 6, arranged in the carrier-frame f, Fig. 1, the piston 1 is pushed in and withdrawn from between the sections of the crownblock I), thus expanding the crown-block, and giving an additional pressure on the crown of A stop-pin, 8, may be placed on the upright of the carrier-frame f to prevent the lever 6 being moved too far. The crownblock a is also provided with a rubber cap, 7', Fig. 2, of any desired thickness, which may also be constructed so as to extend out over the brim-block instead of terminating at the lower edge of the crown-block, as shown in the drawings. This rubber cap serves to contract the crown-block when the expandingpiston is withdrawn, and to cover the spaces left by the sections of the crownblock in expanding, so that the pressure will be equal on all parts of the crown of the hat. By this arrangement I am enabled not only to vary the pressure upon the crown of the hat relative to the brim, but also to change the crown-block vided with means of increasing the pressure on the crown-block independently of the brimblock, substantially as described.

2. The hat-block (ob, combinedwith thepiston 1), the toggles t", and lever c, to supply a varying pressure on the part b of the hatblock a 72, substantially as described.

JOHN P. BEATTY.

Witnesses:

J OHN E. ALLEN, Geo. W. JAOAOKS. 

